A draft copy of [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LTS/Charter the charter] for the LTS program is now available.

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The [http://www.eclipse.org/org/industry-workgroups/ltsiwg_charter.php charter] for the LTS working group is now approved and available.

==LTS Ready Project Definition==

==LTS Ready Project Definition==

In order to be included as part of Long Term Support, a project must be compliant with the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LTS/LTS_Ready LTS Readiness Definition]

In order to be included as part of Long Term Support, a project must be compliant with the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LTS/LTS_Ready LTS Readiness Definition]

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==LTS Ready Project tracker==

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We have started a [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LTS/Projects list of projects either LTS ready or actively working towards becoming LTS ready].

==Value Proposition==

==Value Proposition==

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LTS members can benefit from the following value:

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Prior to the LTS program, support for Eclipse stopped at the SR2 milestone 8 months after release. Companies with products and services based on this software needed to maintain it themselves. The LTS program enables the following value:

# Steering Committee, who control the budget, resources, and direction

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# Steering Committee, who have all Premium rights plus control the budget, resources, and direction

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# Premium, who have access to a rich software production forge including build farm, code repositories, bug tracking system, and more.

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# Premium, who have all Participant rights, plus access to a rich software production forge including build farm, code repositories, bug tracking system, and more.

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# Participating, who have access to the downloads site and LTS/VLTS binaries.

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# Participant, who have access to the downloads site and LTS/VLTS binaries.

All LTS IWG members can participate in meetings. There may be special Steering Committee only meetings.

All LTS IWG members can participate in meetings. There may be special Steering Committee only meetings.

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==Eclipse Foundation's role==

==Eclipse Foundation's role==

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The Foundation is not a service provider. Rather it works to connect organizations seeking support for Eclipse software with those offering it in order to cultivate a vibrant ecosystem.

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The Foundation is not a service provider. Rather it works to cultivate a vibrant ecosystem of Maintenance and support providers and consumers.

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In order to help service providers be more efficient and effective, the Eclipse Foundation will provide the infrastructure for the code repositories, bug trackers, build farms, test farms, software signing, intellectual property management, and governance in order to manage the projects. It is the trusted vendor neutral organization doing the drudge-work so that others do not have to.

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The Eclipse Foundation also provides the infrastructure for the code repositories, bug trackers, build farms, test farms, software signing, intellectual property management, and governance in order to manage the projects. It is the trusted vendor neutral organization doing the drudge-work so that others do not have to.

LTS Ready Project tracker

Value Proposition

Prior to the LTS program, support for Eclipse stopped at the SR2 milestone 8 months after release. Companies with products and services based on this software needed to maintain it themselves. The LTS program enables the following value:

Get a good deal

Participation Levels

Steering Committee, who have all Premium rights plus control the budget, resources, and direction

Premium, who have all Participant rights, plus access to a rich software production forge including build farm, code repositories, bug tracking system, and more.

Participant, who have access to the downloads site and LTS/VLTS binaries.

All LTS IWG members can participate in meetings. There may be special Steering Committee only meetings.

The public are welcomed and encouraged to participate on the LTS IWG mailing list.

Eclipse Foundation's role

The Foundation is not a service provider. Rather it works to cultivate a vibrant ecosystem of Maintenance and support providers and consumers.

The Eclipse Foundation also provides the infrastructure for the code repositories, bug trackers, build farms, test farms, software signing, intellectual property management, and governance in order to manage the projects. It is the trusted vendor neutral organization doing the drudge-work so that others do not have to.

Information archive

Mailing list Archive

Related Links

Common Build Infrastructure

There is a strong link between this program and the Common Build Infrastructure (CBI). We recognize that the LTS program must support multiple built systems. However, encourage projects to use the CBI to benefit from shared development and expertise in build technologies.